A.H.Badger. Barque. In October 1872, collided with the paddle
steamer Nevada, 100 miles from New Zealand. The Nevada did not stop. Serious
damage was done to the barque such that all hands were ordered to the boats
and she sank soon after. The drifting boats were seen by the barque Alice
Cameron, who rescued the survivors (there were no casualties). On arrival
at Sydney, it was noted that the Nevada never reported the incident, causing
condemnation and anger. [WL]

Active. Brig. Involved in rescue - see ship Betsey, lost New Zealand,
1815.

Ada. Iron paddle steamer of 102 tons built at South Shields in 1853,
Shortly after crossing to New Zealand she was wrecked on the bar of the
Clutha River on 12 January 1861. [LPA]

Airedale. Steamer, 400 tons. Built Hull, UK. Lost off New Plymouth,
NZ, 15 February 1871. [WL]

Alpha. Schooner. Built Port Adelaide, 1842. Ran in the Adelaide-Launceston
trade. Wrecked Patea, New Zealandd, about 1 April 1865. [AS1]

Ann and Mary. Brig, 171 tons. Built Hamilton, Bermuda, 1826; reg. London,
Sydney 22/1839. Master William Richards. During a gale, broke form her
moorings, wrecked at the Chatham islands, south of New Zealand, 18 June
1839. No loss of life. [AS1]

Ann. Screw steamer, 154 tons. Captain Gibbs. One of the first oceans-going
steamers into New Zealand, crossing the Tasman in 1853. [WL]

Arawata. (Arawatta). Steamship, 1096 tons. (Sister Ringarooma). Built
Glasgow, 1875. Brig- rigged with paintyed ports, and straight stems, with
luxurious fittings. U.S.S.Co. Operated on the east coast, and to New Zealand
and Fiji. Dismantled and converted to a store-ship in Wellington, NZ, 1900.
Then used as a coal hulk. As such, collided with the liner Devon in Wellington
Harbour, beached at Kaiwarra, and sank, so ending her days, 13 January
1927. [DG]
Also listed:
Arawatta. Steam ship. Ran down and sank the brig Sea Nymph in Sydney
Harbour, 9 June 1882. The Sea Nympth was later raised and disappeared on
a journey from Maryborough, Queensland, to Melbourne in 1883. [TS1]
Note: This could not be the Arawatta, 2114 tons, built 1889 for A.U.S.N.Co.

Arawata. Steamer, 1100 tons. (Sister Ringarooma). Built on the Clyde,
1875 for McMeckan and Blackwood. Lb 245 x 30 ft. One funnel and two
masts gave her ‘a handsome appearance’. Engaged on the Melbourne-Dunedin
service. At the end of her service, converted into a store ship on Wellington
Harbour. [WL]
On 13 January 1927, collided with steamer Devon and stranded on beach,
Wellington, NZ. [DG]

Avenger. Steamship, 14744 tons. Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand.
Engaged in naval work when torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea, 14 June
1917. Oprated as the Aotea-roa in 'private life'. [DG]
Bertha Dolbeer. American schooner. Whilst carrying benzine, blew up
off Cape Runaway, New Zealand with the loss of all hands, December 1917.
[TS2]

Betsey. Ship, 222 tons. Built at Chittagong; reg. Calcutta. Arrived
Sydney 21 October 1814. Captain Phillip Goodenough. After landing a party
of sealers on Macquarie Island, went sealing in the Auckland Islands; was
driven toward New Zealand and was abandoned twenty miles offshore Bay of
Islands, 29 October 1815. Several of the crew had already died of scurvy,
only twelve out of twenty alive when the Betsey was abandoned. Four men
died in the jollyboat when set adrift. The remaining men, including the
captain, made landfall in the whaleboat, but the captain and one lascar
soon died. The remaining six were captured by Maoris, and finally rescued
by the brig Active on 23 February 1816. The Betsey came ashore near Sandy
Bay, New Zealand. [AS1]

Brothers. Cutter, 44 tons. Built Sydney, 1837; reg. Sydney 30/1842.
Lbd 48.5 x 14.7 x 7.7 ft. Sailed from Sydney to New Zealand, then out of
Wellington capsized in a squaall in Akaroa Harbour, 10 November 1842. A
owman and two children drowned. [AS1]

Buffalo. HMS. Vessel of 589 tons. Lb 120 x 34 ft. Former East Indiaman
Hindostan. Purchased by the Royal Navy 1 November 1813; initially a storeship,
armed with sixteen guns, then a timber carrier in 1831. Captain James
Wood. From Sydney with a detachment of the 80th Regiment, wrecked in bad
weather in Mercury Bay, NZ, 28 July 1840. Two drowned from compliment of
ninety-two.
City of Dunedin. Steamer, 327 tons. Built 1853. Mysteriously disappeared
in calm weather off New Zewaland coast, 20 May 1865. [DG]
Devon. Steamship, 5489 tons. Built 1897. Wrecked near Wellington Heads,
NZ, 25 August 1913. [DG]

Drayton Grange. Steamship, 6664 tons. See Tyrone.

Dublin Packet. Two-masted schooner, 109 tons. Built Ipswich, Suffolk,
UK, 1818; reg. Sydney 20/1838. Lbd 66.2 x 17.8 x 12 ft. Master William
Wells. Arrived at Taieri whaling station, thirty mile south-west of Otaho
Heads, NZ, and dragged her anchors in heavy seas, ashore, 9 June 1839.
The following day she broke up. Two crew and a passenger drowned. [AS1]
Eagle. Schooner, 92 tons. Masters W.Winter and John Gray. From Launceston
to Auckland to San Francisco, totally wrecked off Cape Colville, Haurraki
Gulf, NZ, 20 March 1850. No loss of life. Gray had taken over the
captaincy in Auckland, where Winmter was being detained as a result of
stabbing a crew member. [AS1]
Bateson suggests possibly the same vessel ashore Port Phillip Heads,
1849.

Elingamite. Steamer, 2585 tons. Built 1887. Huddart Parker Limited.
Captain Attwood. Left Sydney for Auckland 5 November 1902, carrying £17,000
in gold and silver; lost on West Island, one of the Three Kings Group off
New Zealand, 9 November 1902. It was later noted that the islands had been
wrongly charted. In fog, she sank in twenty mintes with the loss of forty-five
lives. A raft containing sixteen perople was not located until five
days later, by HMS Penguin, with only eight survivors. She was carrying
£17,300 in gold, some of which was recovered some eighty years later.
[WL],[MGV],[DG]

Elizabeth and Mary. Sealer, schooner, 90 tons. Grounded on the bar of
Port Waikato, NZ, wrecked, early February 1831. The crew returned to Sydney
on the Sydney Packet. [AS1]
In 1828, involved in rescue - see schooner Hunter, lost NZ, 1828.

Elizabeth Davis. Two masted wooden schooner, 33 tons. Built Shoalhaven,
NSW, 1847; reg. Sydney 53/1847. Master Henry Cape. Arrived at Auckland
from Sydney, then sailed for Wellington on 19 October 1847 but never seen
again, presumed foundered at sea. [AS1]

England’s Glory. Iron ship, 787 tons. Built at Sunderland, 1869. Lbd
183.3 x 31.2 x 19.7 ft. Left London for Bluff, New Zealand, with a general
cargo which included iron rails which moved during the voyage. While attempting
to enter the harbour at Nelson, New Zealand on 7 November 1881, became
unmanageable and ran ashore about two kilometres west of the entrance -
a gale destroyed her five days later. [AS6]

Enterprise. Schooner. Wrecked a few miles north of Hokianga Heads, New
Zealand, 3 May 1828. The crew made shore but were all massacered by the
Maoris who believed the Enterprise had been carrying muskets and powder
to a rival tribe. [AS1]
Falcon. Two-masted schooner, 148 tons. Built Aberdeen, Scotland, 1829;
reg. Port Louis, Mauritius, reg. Sydney 2 July, 31/1839. Wrecked Bay of
Plenty, NZ, 1840. [AS1]
Bateson indiciates some doubt on the detailss of her loss.

Glencoe. Barque, 160 tons. Built 1847. Known to have oprated in eastern
Victorian waters in the 1850s, in the timber trade around Wilsons Promontory.
Wrecked in Gore Bay, New Zealand, 1878. [LPA],[LWP]

Glory. Brig, about 100 tons. Captain Thomas Swindells. When on a sealing
voage, wrecked in the Chatham Islands, off New Zealand, 15 January 1827.
No lives lost. Schooner Samuel assisted in the rescue. [AS1]

Guide. Brig, 148 tons. Built Calcutta, 1799; reg. Sydney 6/1839, 56/1840,
30/1843, 30/1845. Lbd 74 x 22 x 4.6 ft. Aground in a gale at Wakapuaka
Harbour, 22 January 1846. She was refloated but before she could be repaired
ws again driven ashore in a gale, becoming a total wreck. [AS1]
Hannah. Brigantine, 90 tons. Built Macleay River, NSW, 1837; reg. Sydney
63/1845. Lbd 63 x 17.2 x 9.8 ft. Captain Taylor. Sailed from Wellington
for Sydney on 11 December 1845 but never reached her destination. In January
1846, a wreck was washed ashore at Kaitaia, New Zealnd with four adult
bodies on board. It appeared to have been the Hannah. [AS1]

Harriet. Barque, 240 tons. Captain Richard Hall. From Sydney to New
Zealand, was wrecked at Taranaki, near Cape Egmont, 29 April 1834.
Fourten of the survivors were killed by Maoris. The wife and two children
of Captain John Guard, in charge of the whaling party on board, was ransomed
by the Maoris. HMS Alligator and the schooner Isabella were despatched
from Sydney with sixty-eight officers and men of the 50th Regiment. The
ensuing battle was the first engagement between the Maoris and British
troops. Three villages were destroyed and many Maoris killed; those under
ranson, including eight crew were rescued with no casualties amongst the
military. [AS1]

Hawea. Steamer, 721 tons. (Sister Taupo). Built UK, 1884. Lbd 215 x
27 x 14 ft. Had the first modern compound engines to operate in the south
Pacific. Lost off New Plymouth, NZ, 12 June 1888. [WL]
Also listed:
Hawea. Steamship, 721 tons. Built 1875. U.S.S.Co. Wrecked New Zealand,
12 June 1888. [DG]

Hunter. Schooner, 61 tons. Built Norfolk Island, owned by Hobart interests.
Ashore, wrecked, at Entry (Kapiti) Island, NZ, during a gale, 8 June
1828. Crew returned to Sydney with the assistance of the Elizabeth and
Mary. [AS1]
Industry. Sealer, brig, 87 tons. Captain W. Wiseman. Wrecked at Stewart
island, NZ, 28 February 1831. Eleven men including the captain and
six Maori women lost. [AS1]

Industry. Schooner. Captain Skelton. Caught on a lee shore and wrecked
about twenty miles north of Hokianga, NZ, 1 December 1836. Pillaged by
Maoris but crew saved. [AS1]
Kotuku. Steamship, 1054 tons. Built 1900. U.S.S.Co. Wrecked at Greymouth
Breakwater, NZ, May 1912. [DG]
Lady Jocelyn. Steamer, 2138 gross. Built 1852 for the East India trade.
Originally SS Brazil. Lbd 254 x 39 x 24 ft. Engines removed, ship rigged,
when purchased by Shaw Saville Co. Popular vessel in New Zealand waters.
At the end of her life, was used as a store ship in London, then towed
to Holland in 1922 and scrapped. [DG]

Lunar. Brig, 165 tons. Built Sunderland, UK, 1828; reg. London 280/32,
transfered to Sydney 23 January, 13/1840. Captain Barker. From Melbourne
to Otago with general cargo, wrecked near Waipapa, NZ, November 1843. She
was refloated but again went ashore and was destroyed. [AS1]

Marama. Steamship, 6437 tons. Built 1907. Union Steamship Co. of New
Zealand. Taken ober by the Admiralty to be used as a hospital ship during
World War 1. [DG]

Mararoa. Steamship, 2598 tons. Built 1885. Union Steamship Co. of New
Zealand. On th Sydney- San Francisco run, nd to New Zealand. [DG]

Mercury. Brig, 156 tons. Built at Tortola, Virgin Islands; reg. London.
Captain John Edwards.From Sydney on a sealing voyage, abandoned at sea
off the NZ coast off Whangaroa, 7 March 1825. She has put in to Whangaroa
for supplies, and was attacked by Maoris who took over the ship. The Maoris
plundered the ship, including most of the sails. After they left the mate
and three others slipped the cable, but she could not be managed without
adequate sails and drifted out to sea. The men took to the boats and made
shore. The Mercury drifted ashore where she was burnt by Maoris. The whaler
Pocklington assisted in returning the men to Sydney. [AS1]

Moana. Steamship, 3915 tons. Arrived Australia 1897. Union Steamship
Co. of New Zealand. On the Sydney-San Francisco run, and then New Zealand.
Dismantled in 1927, and scuttled in shallow water at the entrance to Otago
Heads. [DG]

Monowai. Single screw steamship, 3433 tons. Built Dumbarton, Scotland,
1890. Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand. On the San Francisco and New
Zealand route. Towed to Gisborne, New Zealand, sunk to form a breakwater,
1926. [DG]

Monowai. Steamship, 3433 tons. Built 1890. U.S.S.Co. Dismantled and
sunk to form a breakwater atGisborne, New Zealand, 1926. [DG]
Nelson. Screw steamer, 330 tons. Second steamer to cross the Tasman
from Australia (after the William Denny), arriving in New Zealand 1854.
Her propeller was fitted aft of her rudder. (Refer also Achilles).
Operated in New Zealand waters for a year and then returned to England
to engage in transport work to the Crimea. [WL]

Otago. Stamship, 977 tons. Built Glasgow, 1863, for the Panama Company.
Laid up for some time in Melbourne. Ashore in a fog, Chasland's Mistake,
Foveaux Straits, New Zealand, 4 December 1876. She was carrying five boxes
of golsd at the time, for the Union Bank, Melbourne; these were salvaged
with great difficulty. [DG]
Pateena. Steamer, 1212 tons. Built Glasgow, launched 1883, for the
Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company. Lbd 240 x 31-7 x 22-2 ft. For many
years was on the Melbourne-Hobart run. During her latter years was
in service across Cook’s Strait, NZ. Sold early 1920s and sunk at the mole
inside Otago Heads. [WL],[DG]

Penguin. Steamship, 824 tons. Built 1864. Ran between Glasgpw and Liverpool
for a number of years before being purchased by the Union Steamship Co.
of New Zealand. From Picton to Wellington, New Zealand, wrecked near Cape
Terawhiti, Cook Strait, 12 February 1909. Fifty- eight lives lost. [DG]

Speculator. Brig, 98 tons. Built Lower Canada, 1828; reg. London, 165/1838,
reg. transfered to Sydney on 27 November, 51/1838, 37/1839, 25/1841. Lbd
67 x 19.2 x 11.7 ft. Master James Draper. Ashore in a storm, wrecked,
in a bay thirty miles south of Akaroa, NZ, 21 August 1841. Two members
of the crew and six men of a shore party who went to their assistance were
drowned. The brig Transfer was lost at the same time. [AS1]

Talune. Steamship, 2087 tons. Built 1890 for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation
Company, on the Hobart-Sydney run, then in 'the South Seas trade'. Dismantled
and sunk as a breakwater at Waikokopu, New Zealand, November 1925.
[DG]
On 3 June 1899, fell in with the disabled steamer Perthshire, which
had been drifting in the Pacific Oceans for eight weeks, and towed her
back to Sydney.

Taranakai. Steamer, 443 tons. Built Scotland, 1866 for the New Zealand
Steam Navigation Company. Struck a rock in Queen Charlotte Sound, NZ, 19
August 1868. All saved. Raised on 1 October 1869. Refitted and continued
on NZ coastal services till lost at Tauranga.
Lawson writes, with no hint of humour, “ ... her woodwork was
spongy from the teredo worm. But the paintwork escaped.” [WL],[DG]

Tararua. Steamer, 850/692 tons. Built 1864. Entered intercolonial service
of the Panama Company in 1865. Sold to Union Steam Ship Company in 1878.
A large gold robbery took place aboard during her service. Captain Garrard.
Lost off Waipapa Point, between Dunedin and the Bluff, NZ, 30 April 1881.
One hundred and twenty lives lost. [WL],[#DG - 102 lives lost]

Taupo. Steamer, 721 tons. (Sister Hawea). Built UK. Lbd 215 x 27 x 14
ft. U.S.S.Co. Had the first modern compound engines to operate in the south
Pacific. Ran ashore at Tautanga Heads, NZ, 18 February 1879, and lay there
for two years. Raised, overhauled but sprung a leak on her way to Auckland
and sank, 5 May 1881. The steamer Wellington stood by to assist.
[WL],[DG]

Toroa. Three-masted schooner, 164 gross. Went missing on the New Zealand
coast while on a voyage from Greymouth to Wanganui, August 1903.
[TS2]

Transfer. Brig, 173 tons. Built Labrador, 1825; reg. London, 165/1838,
reg. transfered to Sydney on 27 November 1838, 28/1840, 41/1841. Lbd 76
x 22.1 x 6.1 ft. Master George Edward Read. Ashore in a storm, wrecked,
in a bay thirty miles south of Akaroa, NZ, 21 August 1841. Two members
of the crew and six men of a shore party who went to their assistance were
drowned. The brig Speculator was lost at the same time. [AS1

Waikare. Steamship, 3071 tons. Built 1897. U.S.S.Co. Struck a rock in
West Coast Sounds, NZ, and sank, January 1910. [DG]

Wairarapa. Steamship1786 tons.. Built Dumbarton, 1882. U.S.S.Co. 'A
handsome and magnificent steamer'. Left Sydney for Auckland, 24 October
1894; wrecked on Great Barrier Island at the entrance to Hauraki Gulf,
sixty miles from Auckland, 28 October 1894. One hundred and fifty-six people
lost their life, including the captain; 119 survived. [DG]
Dickson documents two statistics for loss of life in the one books
- 156 and 110.

Wanaka II. Steamship, 2422 tons. Built 1897. U.S.S.Co. Sold for breaking
up at Dunedin after twnety-nine years of service, 9 March 1927. [DG]

Wellington. Steamer, 383 tons. Built Scotland, 1866 for the New Zealand
Steam Navigation Company. Ended her days as a hulk in Auckland Harbour.
[WL]
In 1881, involved in rescue - see steamer Taupo, lost NZ, 1881.
[WL]

William Denny. Screw steamer, 595 tons. Built Dumbarton, UK, 1853. Entered
service between Sydney and Auckland under an agreement with the Auckland
Provincial Government to run a monthly service connecting the English mail-boats.
Lost at North Cape, NZ, when she grounded in thick fog, 3 March 1857. An
attempt to refloat her was nearly successful, but a south-east gale put
an end to the operation and she was abandoned. [WL]

Wimmera. Steamship, 3022 tons. Built 1904. Joined Huddart, Parker Limited
fleet. Captain Kell. Left Auckland for Sydney with seventy-six passengers;
hit a mine laid by the German raider Wolf, off Cape Farewell, New Zealand,
26 June 1918. Her master, and a number of passengers and crew, were drowned
or killed by the explosion; twenty-six in all lost. [DG]